Trick savings-bank.



PATBNTED MAY 31, 1904.

A. RO SEDA LE.

" TRICK SAVINGS BANK; APPLIUATION FILED JULY 1, 1903. RENEWED MAR. 21,1904.

H0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH ROSEDALE, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J.B. FERGUSON, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

TRICK SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,254, dated May 31,1904.

Application filed July 1, 1903. Renewed March 21, 1904:- Serial No.199,188. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrH ROSEDALE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Enid,

in the county of Garfield, Oklahoma Territory, have invented certain newand useful- Improvements in Trick Savmgs-Banks, of;

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to savings-banks; and the object is to provide atrick savings-bank from which a coin inserted therein may be quickly andmysteriously removed by a person bodying my invention, showing theexit-opening thereof closed; Fig. 2, asimilar view showing theexit-opening open; Fig. 3, atop plan view; Fig. 4, a transversesectional view; Fig. 5, a longitudinal sectional view on the line was ofFig. 4, and Fig. 6 a similar view on the line y y of the same figure.

Referring now more particularly to the said drawings, 1 designates asemicylindrical casing united at its lower end to a circular bottomplate 2, which projects beyond the wall of the casing, and havingsecured at its upper end a circular cap 3, formed with an entranceslot4:, through which the coins may be inserted, and a depending flange 5,extending parallel with the wall of the casing upon the exterior thereofand spaced therefrom. Surrounding said inner casing is an outercylindrical casing 6, which is adapted to slide upon said inner casingto cover and uncover the exit-opening, being shorter in length than theinner casing to permit of this longitudinal movement, the upper end ofthis slidable casing extending into the space between the flange of thecap 3 and the outer surface of the inner casing. As shown in Figs. 1 and5,

when this outer casing is moved downwardly until its lower edge abutsagainst the projecting portion of the bottom plate 2 the exit from theinner casing is closed; but when said outer casing is moved upwardly, asshown in Figs. 2 and 6, the exit is opened and the coin which has beeninserted may be removed by tilting the bank slightly. For preventing thesliding movement of the outer casing, excepting when the cylinders arein a certain relative position known only to one familiar with the bank,I provide a projection 7 upon the inner side of the flange of the cap 3,which normally abuts the upper edge of the outer cylinder or casing andmoves thereon when said casing is rotated until brought above a slot 8,formed in the upper end of the said outer casing, when the latter may bemoved upwardly to open the exit.

To enable the operator to know when the two casings are in the properrelative position to permit the removal of the coin, I provide the'outercasing with a number of graduations 9 about its circumference,distinguished by letters of the alphabet, numerals, or characters, andprovide an index-mark 10 upon the flange of the cap to coact therewith.

In operation to remove a coin which has been inserted the bank isgrasped between the thumb and finger of one hand and the outer casingmoved upwardly with the other hand, said casing having been rotated tobring the proper graduation to the index-mark, and the bank then tiltedslightly to cause the coin to drop from the exit-opening. The outercasing may then be moved downwardly to close the exit and given a slightrotation to bring the slot out of line with the projection. Thesemovements may be Very quickly made, so as not to attract attention, andthe bank handed to an observer, who, not being familiar with the workingthereof, will be puzzled to find the means of exit of the coin, andconsequently unable to remove the coin which has been replaced in thebank.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A bank comprising an inner casing closed at its ends and having anentrance-slot in its top Wall and an exit-opening near its bottom wall,and an encircling flange depending from its top wall upon the exteriorthereof and spaced therefrom, an outer casing revoluble upon the innercasing and movable longitudinally thereon to cover and uncover theexitopening, said outer casing being shorter in length than the innercasing and projecting into the space between the inner casing and saidflange and formed with aslot in its upper edge, and a projection carriedby the inner casing normally disposed above the upper edge of the outercasing so as to prevent upward movement of the latter until rotated tobring its slot in line therewith.

2. A bank comprising an inner casing closed at its ends and having anentrance-slot in its top wall and an exit-opening near its lower end,and an encircling flange depending from its top wall upon the exteriorthereof and spaced therefrom, an outer casing rcvoluble upon the innercasing and movable longitudinally thereon to cover and uncover theexitopening, said outer casing being shorter in length than the innercasing and projecting into the space between the inner casing and saidflange and formed with a slot in its upper end, a projection carried bythe inner casing normally disposed above the upper edge of the outercasing so as to prevent upward movement of the latter until rotated tobring its slot in line therewith, and an index-mark and graduationscarried one by the flange of the inner casing and the other by the outercasing for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH ROSEDALE.

